On: Show HN: I made an app to draw stickers for iMessa...

[dudus]

Are stickers the new Emojis? Every app seem to have a slightly different implementation and they don't really interoperate well.

Can this tool be used for WhatsApp stickers? And how different are Slack and Discord Stickers?

I wonder if we'll see some standardization in the future akin to the addition of emojis to Unicode.

[zaik → dudus]

https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0449.html

Now we just have to wait until people leave walled gardens like Slack and Discord and start using the Internet standard for IM.

[dudus → zaik]

So it's basically a XML file that defines sticker packs and stickers as png files. No notes on size constraints, image formats, installation, distribution, sharing across apps. Seems like an early stage standard.

[blengert → dudus]

In case you are interested in adding WhatsApp sticker support, here is the link to the client side code for iOS: https://github.com/WhatsApp/stickers/blob/main/iOS/README.md

[okdjnfweonfe → dudus]

stickers are the half-way point between images and emoji, as in, bigger emoji, usually sent without a message.

Some platforms upgrade emoji to stickers when used solo (telegram for example)

there isn't anything majorly special about them on any platform AFAIK

[mafriese → dudus]

I think the problem with emojis is that everyone has the same options to pick from - if you have stickers you can express yourself in a way that fits more your own style(?)

[fennecfoxy → dudus]

As a furry on Telegram, they definitely will be. They don't seem as popular with nonfurs/off telegram...yet.